The Dallas Morning News' David Moore and Rick Gosselin joined Fox Sports Southwests' Ric Renner on SportsDay OnAir Monday. Here are some highlights:

On ex-Maverick Shawn Marion helping the Cavaliers:

Moore: More so than maybe anybody in the league right now, he’s the ideal guy that you can plug in on a really good team and make them better and not be concerned that he’s going to gum up the works. A lot of aging veterans, basically they were great offensive players and their skills are in decline where you have to run stuff for them, or they were defensive players and they still had that, but one dimensional guys. He is an outstanding defender still who can cover multiple positions and offensively, while they don’t have to run anything for him, he can still get you anywhere from eight to 18 points on a good night just off of offensive rebounds and filling in the open spot and getting him the ball so he’s the ideal fit for a good team right now.

On if the Mavericks will miss Marion:

Gosselin: One, he’s an elite defensive guy. He’s one guy you enjoy watching him play defense and I think they’re going to miss that. I think he’s a pretty good glue guy in the locker room too and I think they’ll miss that presence as well. I hated to see the guy go. I really enjoyed watching him as a player and as a person and I think they will miss him.

On if the Mavericks
should hope Chandler Parsons gets cut from the USA Basketball
World Cup roster or if they should want him to play against the world’s best:

Gosselin: If he’s
going to compete, if he’s going to be one of the top five, six, seven guys on
that team, he’s going to play, they yeah, go ahead and play. But if he’s going
to be the eighth, ninth, tenth guy and he’s going to sit, I think he’s better
off staying here. I think if he’s going to play and have a meaningful presence
on the team he’s better off, but if not, bring him home.

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